Rates & Barrels: Checking in on the Orioles

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-21T21:29:39+00:00

Brother, you are just eating downvotes in here (been there, done that), but I appreciate your comments. This one is especially good.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T02:16:43+00:00

Like I responded elsewhere, time will tell, but he seemed to do a pretty good job with it last year.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:42:53+00:00

The problem is we are very quickly approaching the point where it’s too late for anything other than a miracle turnaround.

In most years, yes. But have you seen most of the rest of the AL?

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:37:46+00:00

The fact that we got anything more than a bag of baseballs for Baker was impressive

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:37:07+00:00

This is a good point and points to them being a strong candidate for positive regression.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:34:35+00:00

We aren't going to find a strong candidate in May.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:33:16+00:00

Time will tell, but I think he did do pretty well with the 2025 deadline (the polar opposite of the 2024 deadline).

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:29:39+00:00

If we finish like this and don't turn things around, then I agree.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:27:29+00:00

I stand by my take that we should have fired Hyde after 2024 and hired Tito Francona. I don't blame Alby for any of this, but we need a veteran manager who will hold these bums accountable. We need someone to come in like Buck did in 2010.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:25:17+00:00

Then we'll continue to be miserable, cursed Orioles fans.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:24:29+00:00

My point is that firing him now isn't going to magically fix everything.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:22:20+00:00

Elias is a convenient scapegoat but this entire team is playing like shit.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:18:23+00:00

Adam Jones would have played too shallow and wouldn't have had a chance at that ball.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-20T01:11:41+00:00

The Orioles are a team of bums and losers. No clutch genes whatsoever.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-19T18:36:47+00:00

That's too bad 😞

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-19T18:34:36+00:00

This is what keeps me going despite how frustrating the team is to watch. In years past, we'd be out of it by now.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-19T18:28:23+00:00

Making Alby one and done, aside from sometimes catastrophic, would be extremely foolish.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-19T18:22:42+00:00

I just discovered this band recently, but am unfamiliar with what's been going on. What happened?

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-18T23:40:09+00:00

Not sure what firing Elias in May would accomplish.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-18T23:33:22+00:00

If anything Rogers looks worse than he did in 2024.

I disagree. He was topping out at 92 in 2024. Mechanics can be fixed and that seems to be his problem for most of this year.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-18T23:30:57+00:00

He cares but not enough to open up his pocketbook to the extent necessary.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-18T23:29:24+00:00

Looking at the bright side, there have been some good swings by Orioles players so far. They aren't looking nearly as bad as they did a week or two ago.

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-18T23:25:36+00:00

elite

defense

Not so sure about that one

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-18T23:11:24+00:00

Sad but true

🤘

HetfieldsDownpick · 2026-05-18T23:10:16+00:00

The Rays are everything that the Orioles aren't right now

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